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An article about a certain bearded midfield player’s stint in the United States appeared in Sports Illustrated magazine in July with the headline “How Beckham Blew It”.

“The soccer story has been an epic disaster,” the story declared. “A fiasco.” So it may come as a mild surprise to gaze at the present Major League Soccer (MLS) standings and find Beckham’s club, the Los Angeles Galaxy, topping the Western division.

The Galaxy host the San Jose Earthquakes tomorrow assured of their first play-offs place since 2005: some recovery for the team that were the joint worst in the league last